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Chromatose Anymation Festival

don't be afraid of new things

The Black Bag Media Collective is proud to present the first Chromatose Anymation Festival – taking place in St. John's from April 30 to May 2 - a fusion of animation, performance art and live music, featuring experimental, D.I.Y., C.G.I. and cross-platform animations from innovative minds around the world.

FEATURING ANIMATIONS FROM:
Tom Jantol (Croatia/UK), Liz Solo (NF), Osprey Therian (UK), Phaylen Fairchild (USA), DTR/Crash Jones (NF), The Third Faction (International), Jeremy Rice (NF), Claus-Dieter Schulz (UK), Robbie Dingo (UK), Aram Kouyoumdjian/Down With the Butterfly (Nova Scotia), Alasdair Brotherson/Jock Mooney/Tom Fun Family Orchestra (Nova Scotia), Company House (Nova Scotia), Pyewacket Kanyanenko (Australia), Trace Sanderson/Lainy Voom (UK), The Second Front (International), Drew Lightfoot/In Flight Safety (Canada) and more.

FEATURING THE HEAVY STUFF AT MIDNIGHT BY: Lizband, Geinus, Black Bags, Local Tough.

FRIDAY APRIL 30 – THE SHIP
Doors open at 9:00 PM $7
Screening of Program One - All Things Anymation 9:30
hosted by Liz Solo and Steve Abbott with special guests
Cross section of styles and approaches to animation from hand drawn old school animations to machinima created in multiple online environments (Second Life, World of warcraft) to animations created using multiple platforms. Featuring the North American Premiere of Tom Jantol's “The Remake” and videos from Rose Borchovski (Netherlands), The Third Faction (International), Phaylen Fairchild (USA), Osprey Therian (UK), Alan Sondheim (USA), Glenn Gear (P.Q.), Iain Friar/Ice Ax (UK), Colleen T. McIsaac (N.S)., Pywacket Kazyanenko (Australia), Liz Solo and Erik Hoff Rzepka (NL/B.C.), Tom Jantol (Croatia).

12 MIDNIGHT ROCK SHOW
with Black Bags, Local Tough.

SATURDAY MAY 1 – THE SHIP
Doors Open at 9:00 PM $7
Screening Program Two - Music and Anymation 9:30
hosted by Steve Abbott and Liz Solo with special guests
Featuring videos by independent bands and musicians using a variety of anymation tools. Featuring the North American premiere of Liz Solo's machine i am and videos from In Flight Safety (N.S), Crash Jones and DTR (NL), Trace Sanderson (UK), Tom Fun Orchestra N.S.), Down With the Butterfly (N.S.), Jacqueline Poole (N.S.), Jeremy Rice/the Sellouts (NL), Robbie Dingo (UK), Christopher Ball (N.S.), Lesvatar (ON), Second Front (International), Claus-Dieter Schulz (Germay), Alasdair Brotherson (UK) and more.

12 MIDNIGHT ROCK SHOW
with Lizband, Geinus

SUNDAY MAY 9TH
Note: Anymator's Conference has been pushed to the following weekend and will be taking place about the Metaverse live from BBMC Laboratory on SUNDAY MAY 9. Screenings taking place on the Odyssey Contemporary Art and Performance Simulator in Second Life. 6 PM NLT/1:30 PM SLT/10:30 PM GMT. Contact Us for more information.

The Chromatose Anymation Festival celebrates the work of independent artists pioneering new approaches to animation. The term "anymation" was coined by Croatian animation artist Tom Jantol and means:
"Quite simply, Anymation is the embracing of any and all available tools in order to create a digital expression. The spirit of Anymation is not a rejection of any one of the tool-centric genres, nor is it a desire to reform them. Rather, Anymation is a conscious decision to be LESS CONSCIOUS of the barriers typically seen between the different types of digital expression, coupled with a "renaissance man" kind of willingness to harness ANY available tool or method to create that expression.
from Tom Jantol's Anymation Manifesto The Black Bag Media Collective is an artist-run, production focussed media collective made up of artist's working across disciplines. We produce new, original work in audio, video, live performance and new media. Experience the work of the BBMC by listening to our recordings, by attending our performance events and by engaging with us via new and emerging technologies.

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